Question

What are the negative impacts of brain drain?

Answer 1

1. A net decrease in the country of people with professional and technological qualifications.
2. The reduction of qualified and technical people in the country will impact the development and growth of the nation.
3. Remittances may taper off after some time as prices may increase.
4. Reduced quality of essential services of health and education in the migrant’s home country.
5. Government and private scholarships to study abroad will cause drainage of talent and skills in the country.
6. With migrants returning home with plenty of money, vast disparity can develop between the incomes of the locals and the migrants.